> Not sure, but didn't you want the very latest 4.15rc for some > Meltdown/Spectre issues? Are these also in 4.14.15? > > >
I copied the config file from the boot directory for the current 4.15.0 rc8 kernel as .config. I then ran make menuconfig and then realised I didn't need to change anything and exited. I didn't run your yes ""| make oldconfig thing - it seemed a bit peculiar to me. Maybe I should have. Instead I ran the command recommended here: https://wiki.debian.org/BuildADebianKernelPackage which was make ARCH=i386 defconfig I then ran make-kpkg and it then asked me lots of questions concerning kernel options that I had to answer interactively. I think I should have tried your funny quotation pipe command with the oldconfig option - it would have been better. Here is some of the output before it crashed: kexec system call (KEXEC) [Y/n/?] y kexec file based system call (KEXEC_FILE) [N/y/?] n kernel crash dumps (CRASH_DUMP) [Y/n/?] y kexec jump (KEXEC_JUMP) [N/y/?] n Physical address where the kernel is loaded (PHYSICAL_START) [0x1000000] 0x1000000 Build a relocatable kernel (RELOCATABLE) [Y/n/?] y Randomize the address of the kernel image (KASLR) (RANDOMIZE_BASE) [Y/n/?] y Alignment value to which kernel should be aligned (PHYSICAL_ALIGN) [0x200000] 0x200000 Randomize the kernel memory sections (RANDOMIZE_MEMORY) [Y/n/?] y Support for hot-pluggable CPUs (HOTPLUG_CPU) [Y/?] y Set default setting of cpu0_hotpluggable (BOOTPARAM_HOTPLUG_CPU0) [N/y/?] n Debug CPU0 hotplug (DEBUG_HOTPLUG_CPU0) [N/y/?] n vsyscall table for legacy applications 1. Native (LEGACY_VSYSCALL_NATIVE) > 2. Emulate (LEGACY_VSYSCALL_EMULATE) 3. None (LEGACY_VSYSCALL_NONE) choice[1-3?]: 2 Built-in kernel command line (CMDLINE_BOOL) [N/y/?] n # # configuration written to .config # make[2]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-4.14.15' make \ ARCH=x86_64 dep make[2]: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-4.14.15' Makefile:942: *** "Cannot generate ORC metadata for CONFIG_UNWINDER_ORC=y, please install libelf-dev, libelf-devel or elfutils-libelf-devel". Stop. make[2]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-4.14.15' debian/ruleset/targets/common.mk:194: recipe for target 'debian/stamp/conf/kernel-conf' failed make[1]: *** [debian/stamp/conf/kernel-conf] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-4.14.15' /usr/share/kernel-package/ruleset/minimal.mk:93: recipe for target 'debian/stamp/conf/minimal_debian' failed make: *** [debian/stamp/conf/minimal_debian] Error 2 Failed to create a ./debian directory: at /usr/bin/make-kpkg line 970. root@mikef-PC:/usr/src/linux-4.14.15# It has written things to the config file so I think I might be wise to delete it, copy it over again and repeat everything with the Shakespearian pipe command next time. Suggestions on recovering gracefully here are welcome. Regards MF > > > > > > > .-.. .. ...- . .-.. --- -. --. .- -. -.. .--. .-. --- ... .--. . .-. > > It would be illogical to assume that all conditions remain stable. > -- Spock, "The Enterprise Incident", stardate 5027.3 > >
